Wrath is here…now what?

The day that we have been waiting for has finally arrived…Wrath of the Lich King has been released!! What are you going to do first? Me? I’m going to pick it up lol. I could have gone to the release party, but these old bones don’t do midnight well. I was curious to see how many fellow geeks there are in this small town, but not curious enough. My collector’s edition is bought and paid for, so I figured it could wait for me until today.

Since I am a casual player, I’m not exactly sure what my plan will be right away. What makes me a casual player? I have been playing for 2 years and have 1 – yes 1 – level 70 character. I don’t even play her anymore. She is on a different server, and a different faction. I fell in love with the horde toons, and the lore on the horde side is great too, but I will save lore for another day. Sheesh…talk about runaway thoughts!!

Where was I? Ah yes…Wrath! I thought about jumping back on my 70 (I haven’t even put my talent points back since the last patch!), venturing to Northrend and joining the chaos…and the lag, and the camped quests…ugh. It will be a pain!! I had the pleasure of being on the WotLK beta, but it was a disaster for me. The server was constantly up and down, and with limited play time, it was taking longer to download patches then I got to actually test. The Northrend starting areas are amazing to see, new critters and quests…and everyone will be doing them today lol! There is even a spot to run by Utgarde Keep.

So, option 2: roll a death knight. I really want to play a dk…they have the coolest pull in the game! I did play one thru the starting area and got her to Outland, but I didn’t want to do that grind any more than necessary so I quit for a while. The story line with the dk is super cool too…not to mention you get to talk to the Lich King himself…and he is freaking huge! Even if you don’t want to play a death knight, I recommend running through the starting area. It is a very entertaining quest chain. Since my main toon is only 42, a dk is out of the picture for now. It’s all good though. The dk starting area is going to be as packed and insane as Northrend for a few days. The starting chain doesn’t take very long…I would estimate a couple of hours and you are off to Outlands. So since I am still a lowby, I am going to enjoy the fact that I will have Kalimdor and Azeroth to myself for a while, and I’m going to pick all of your herbs *evil grin*.

I am still going to install the expansion today. From what I understand there are a couple of patches that will need to be installed as well. If I’m lucky, I’ll at least get to start the game and see the opening cinematic…I’m not anticipating a lot of play time today. Another reason to install today? I want my Frost Wyrm Whelp!